NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 Night 2 Results: Kazuchika Okada Goes For History, The Newest Member Of Bullet Club is Revealed, Chris Jericho Returns & Ospreay vs. Kushida!
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IWGP Heavyweight Title Match
Kazuchika Okada def. Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Will Ospreay def. Kushida to retain the title
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) & The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) def. Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Hiromu Takahashi) def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Chaos (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) def. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Michael Elgin
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) def. Togi Makabe & Toa Henare
Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh) def. Suzuki-Gun (Taka Michinoku, Taichi & Takahashi Iizuka)
Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) def. Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka
Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Ren Narita, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Ren Narita, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
The match begins with the young lions jumping their opponents with drop kicks before the bell sounds, Liger then gets triple teamed. Mask IV hits the ring and he gets triple teamed as well, Uemura slams Mask IV to get a near fall on a pin attempt. Mask IV drops a charging Uemure with a spin kick to the midsection, Mask IV continues assaulting Uemura with more kicks until Taguchi tags in. Taguchi catches Uemura with hip attacks until he gets thrown out of the ring, Liger attacks Uemura outside the ring until he gets him back in. Liger tags in and he gets Uemura in the surfboard stretch until the other young lions break it up, Mask IV tags in and he gets Uemura with a butterfly suplex for a near fall. Liger tags in and Uemura quickly nails him with a drop kick, Umino tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team.
Liger quickly recovers and he crushes Umino with a palm strike, Taguchi tags in and Umino drops him with a suplex. Narita tags in and he catches Taguchi with a shoulder tackle for a near fall, Narita gets Taguchi in a modified cloverleaf until Mask IV breaks it up. Taguchi recovers and he drops Narita with a hip attack for a near fall, Taguchi catches Narita in an ankle lock and a tap out follows.
Winners: Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi
Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka
The match begins with Takahashi jumping Oka from behind so Owens can get the advantage, Oka quickly recovers and nails Owens with a shoulder tackle as Nagata goes after Takahashi. Oka and Nagata then attack Owens with some double team moves, Bullet Club recovers and they double team Oka. Nagata hits the ring and Bullet Club takes him out as well, Owens traps Oka in the corner while landing some strikes. Takahashi drops Oka before landing a running leg drop for a near fall, Takahashi traps Oka in the ropes before kicking him in the head. Oka recovers and he catches a charging Takahashi with an inverted bulldog, Nagata tags in and he quickly cleans house against the opposing team. Nagata catches Takahashi with a running kick followed by an exploder suplex for a near fall, Takahashi recovers and nails Nagata with a fisherman buster suplex.
Owens tags in and Nagata quickly catches him in the Nagata Lock, Takahashi breaks the hold up and Nagata knocks him out of the ring. Oka tags in and he corners Owens before landing an avalanche, Oka misses the second avalanche and Owens nails him with a super kick. Oka then catches Owens with a roll up for a near fall, Owens then hits Oka with a Jewel Heist for a near fall. Owens hits Oka with a package pile driver for the three count.
Winners: Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Taka Michinoku, Taichi & Takahashi Iizuka)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun jumping their opponents before the bell sounds, Michinoku and Romero battle on the arena floor as Iizuka throws Sho into the barricade. Iizuka finds a chair and he attacks Sho with it, Taichi finds another chair and he chokes away at Yoh with it. Iizuka gets Sho in the ring and he bites his forehead, Iizuka eventually bites the other members of the opposing team. Iizuka continues his attack by stomping away on a downed Sho, Iizuka corners Sho again before biting his forehead again. Taichi tags in and he nails a swinging Sho with a spin kick to the midsection, Taichi then catches Sho with a running clothesline in the corner for a near fall. Michinoku tags in and he stomps away on a downed Sho, Michinoku nails Sho with a jumping side kick before dropping him with a super kick for a near fall.
A brawl breask out between both teams and the referee goes down, Taichi grabs the microphone stand and he attacks the opposing team with it. Suzuki-Gun eventually triple teams Sho as the rest of Chaos is on the arena floor, Iizuka grabs the iron glove and Romero nails him with a springboard drop kick. Chaos then lays out the opposing team before Romero catches Taichi with a suicide dive, Sho and Yoh hit Michinoku with 3K for the three count.
Winners: Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh)
Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
The match begins with Henare attacking Ishii with a plethora of forearm strikes, Ishii responds by nailing him with his own strikes. Henare corners Ishii before landing a running clothesline, Ishii recovers and drops a charging Henare with a shoulder block. Ishii traps Henare in the ropes while landing a bunch of chops, Yano tags in and he throws Henare into the exposed corner. Yano then takes the opportunity to stomp away on a downed Henare, Henare recovers by throwing Yano into the exposed corner before landing a shoulder tackle. Makabe tags in and he attacks Yano with a clothesline followed by strikes, Ishii hits the ring and Makabe attacks him as well. Makabe mounts Yano in the corner before landing a ton of strikes, Makabe catches Yano with another clothesline for a near fall.
Yano tries playing tricks on Makabe and Makabe clobbers him with a clothesline, Henare tags in and he drops Yano with a flying shoulder tackle. Henare then catches Yano with a top rope shoulder tackle for a near fall, Yano catches Henare with a hair pull before tagging Ishii into the match. Henare and Ishii have a striking exchange until ishii takes Henare down with a German suplex. Ishii then corners Henare before landing a running clothesline, Makabe hits the ring and he nails Ishii with a spinning back fist. Henare then crushes Ishii with a Samoan drop followed by a spear for a near fall, Yano hits the ring and he catapults Henare into the exposed corner. Ishii then catches Henare with a Saito Suplex for a near fall, Henare recovers to drop a charging Ishii with a clothesline, Henare catches Ishii with another spear for a near fall.
Henare goes for a uranage and Ishii gets free and Henare catches him with a small package for a near fall, Ishii clobbers a charging Henare with a lariat before landing a brain buster for a three count.
Winners: Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Michael Elgin vs. Chaos (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)
The match begins with Goto and Elgin having a striking exchange, Goto looks for a GTR and Elgin gets free. White tags in and he works with Goto to drop Elgin with a double shoulder tackle, Elgin fights back and he tags Robinson into the ring. Robinson catches White in the arm with a top rope axe handle drop, Finlay hits the ring so he can work with Robinson to hit White with a double bulldog. Yoshi-Hashi tags in before eating a double drop kick from Finlay and Robinson, Robinson then hits Yoshi-Hashi with his patented jabs. White pulls the ropes on Robinson and Robinson falls to the arena floor, White then crotches Robinson on the ring post. Goto tags in and he attacks a cornered Robinson with some strikes, Goto slows things down further by holding Robinson in a chin lock.
Yoshi-Hashi tags in and Chaos attacks Robinson with some triple team moves, White tags in and he attacks Robinson with a few strikes, White catches Robinson with a Saito Suplex for a near fall, Robinson fights back and he eventually tags Elgin into the match. Elgin quickly cleans house against the opposing team, Elgin nails White with an enzaguri before landing some running clotheslines in the corner. Elgin goes to the top rope and he quickly gets off as Goto comes forward, Elgin then nails Goto with a back breaker. Elgin nails a swinging White with a pump handle Angle Slam for a near fall, White and Elgin quickly get into a chopping exchange. White eventually drops Elgin with a snap side suplex, Finlay and Yoshi-Hashi get tagged in by their respective partners. Yoshi-Hashi eventually gets triple teamed by the opposition, members of both teams take their battle to the arena floor.
Finlay catches Yoshi-Hashi with a uranage back breaker for a near fall, Yoshi-Hashi recovers and drops Finlay with a mule kick. Yoshi-Hashi then clobbers a charging Finlay with a Western Lariat for a near fall, Yoshi-Hashi then hits Finlay with Kharma for the three count.
Winners: Chaos (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)
After the match, Taichi comes out to attack both Hirooki Goto and Michael Elgin.
Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The match begins with Suzuki-Gun attacking Los Ingobernables on the entrance ramp, Suzuki immediately throws Naito into a bunch of chairs in the crowd. Suzuki catches Naito in the knee bar on the arena floor, Suzuki lays a piece of barricade over Naito while attacking with with a steel chair. Archer then choke slams Takahashi onto Evil and Sanada, Archer then starts working over Bushi with a fall away slam in the ring. Kanemaru tags in and he nails Bushi with a suplex for a near fall, Smith Jr tags in and he slams Bushi a few times. Suzuki tags in and he traps Bushi in the ropes before landing a few strikes, Suzuki drags Bushi to the ground while applying a cross face. Naito hist the ring to break it up and he gets caught in a knee bar from Suzuki, Suzuki goes back to work on Bushi before tagging Desparado in.
Bushi recovers and he nails a charging Desparado with a drop kick, Takahashi tags in and he cleans house on the opposing team. Takahashi then nails Kanemaru and Desparado with a double drop kick, Takahashi keeps Desparado down while landing another drop kick for a near fall. Desparado uses a referee distraction to catch Takahashi with a spear, Kanemaru tags in as the whole Suzuki-Gun team attacks Takahashi. KES then hit Takahashi with a Hart Attack before slamming Kanemaru on top of Takahashi for a near fall, Suzuki and Naito continue their battle on the arena floor. Naito tags in and he drops Kanemaru in the corner before landing a slingshot drop kick, Suzuki hits the ring and he attacks Naito until Sanada makes the save. Evil and Sanada then take care of Archer and Smith Jr, Bushi then takes out Desparado with a suicide dive. Naito takes care of Suzuki as Evil nails Kanemaru with a lariat, Naito hits Kanmearu with Destino for a three count.
Winners: Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Sanada & Hiromu Takahashi)
After the match, a masked person jumps the barricade and he attacks Tetsuya Naito as the rest of Los Ingobernables went backstage, the masked person throws Naito into the barricade and back into the ring. The masked person assaults Naito with a bunch of strikes in the ring, the mask is remove and it is revealed to be Chris Jericho. Jericho then hits Naito with a Code Breaker. Jericho continues attacking Naito with a plethora of strikes until NJPW officials finally break it up. Jericho grabs the ring bell and he crushes Naito with it.
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) & The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
The match begins with Scurll trying to slam Fale and he fails to do so, Fale then slams Scurll before Cody tags into the match. Cody spits at Omega before tagging Nick into the match, Tama tags in and Nick drops him with a shoulder tackle. Tama catches Nick in a headlock and Matt tags in as The Bucks try double teaming Tama, Loa tags in and he helps his brother against the Bucks. Cody tags in and Ibushi gets the tag in as well, Ibushi drops Cody with a shoulder tackle before Cody trips him up. Ibushi recovers to trip up Cody and land a standing twisting moonsault for a near fall, Page attacks Ibushi and that allows Cody to tag him into the match. Page attacks Ibushi with a plethora of strikes before Matt tags into the match, Scurll tags in and he slams Ibushi.
Cody tags in and he attacks Ibushi with some strikes in the corner, Page hits the ring to double team Ibushi alongside Cody. Ibushi recovers to nail a taunting Cody with a drop kick, Omega tags in and Scurll gets a tag at the same time. The Golden Lovers hit the ring and they lay everybody out with double team moves, Ibushi tags in and The Bucks get back in the ring. The Bucks attack Loa and Tama before confronting the Golden Lovers, Page and Cody pull the Golden Lovers out of the ring. Everybody from both teams hit the ring and they all take each other out, Ibushi drops Scurll before tagging Fale in. Ibushi takes out a bunch of opponents with a moonsault to the arena floor, Fale sets up for a dive and Scurll pretends to attack him with the umbrella.
The Bucks hit the ring and they hit Fale with a double super kick, Scurll goes to slam Fale and Fale falls on top of him for the three count.
Winners: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) & The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi)
After the match, all the members of Bullet Club, with the exception of Kenny Omega and Cody, do the too sweet in the middle of the ring.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kushida
The match begins with the competitors locking up and battling for position, Kushida gets Ospreay down while wrenching away on his arm. Ospreay gets free and he drops Kushida with a shoulder tackle, Kushida gets Ospreay to accidentally go after the referee before kicking his arm. Ospreay goes out of the ring and he eventually kicks Kushida in the face, Ospreay leaps into the crowd before nailing Kushida with a forearm strike. Ospreay leaps off the barricade and Kushida catches him in an arm bar on the arena floor, Kushida gets Ospreay in the ring and he drop kicks him in the injured arm. Kushida awkwardly bends the arm of Ospreay while pulling away on it, Ospreay gets free and he attacks Kushida with a few strikes. Kushida recovers and he rams the head of Ospreay into the turnbuckle, Kushida catches Ospreay in a camel clutch and Ospreay gets to the ropes.
Kushida slows things down further by holding Ospreay in a chin lock, Ospreay gets free and Kushida reapplies the hold a few moments later. Ospreay gets free and Kushida kicks him right in the injured arm, Ospreay recovers and he catches Kushida with a handspring enzaguri. Kushida rolls out of the ring and Ospreay takes him out with a suicide dive, Ospreay gets Kushida in the ring before landing a springboard forearm strike for a near fall. Kushida looks for a kravat and Ospreay gets free to drop him in the corner, Ospreay then crushes a cornered Kushida with a running drop kick. Ospreay follows that up with a running shooting star press on Kushida for a near fall, Kushida escapes a hold from Ospreay before landing an overhead kick. Kushida looks for a Hoverboard Lock and Ospreay counters by landing a German suplex, Ospreay goes for a few kicks and Kushida knocks him into the ropes with a handstand kick.
Ospreay and Kushida have a striking exchange on the ring apron, Ospreay knocks Kushida off the ring apron with a bicycle kick. Kushida returns to nail Ospreay with a DDT from the ring apron to the arena floor, Kushida nails Ospreay with a springboard hurricarana for a near fall when both got back in the ring. Kushida applies the kravat to Ospreay while landing a bunch of knee strikes, Ospreay recovers and catches Kushida with a pop up ace crusher. Ospreay then catches a cornered Kushida with a bicycle kick before trapping him in the ropes, Ospreay nails a trapped Kushida with a series of super kicks. Ospreay then catches Kushida with an inverted 450 splash for a near fall, Ospreay follows all that up by nailing Kushida with a Robinson Special. Ospreay goes for the Os Cutter and Kushida catches him in the Hoverboard Lock, Kushida releases the hold and Ospreay eventually catches him with a flipping DDT.
Ospreay and Kushida then have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, Ospreay and Kushida also start exchanging a plethora of kicks. Kushida eventually drops a charging Ospreay with a forearm strike, Kushida traps the arms of Ospreay while stomping away on him. Kushida then pulls the arms of Ospreay backwards while stomping away on him again, Kushida follows that up by drop kicking Ospreay in the back of the neck. Kushida drags Ospreay to the middle rope before Ospreay gets free to land a springboard ace crusher, Ospreay then hits Kushida with Storm Breaker for the three count.
Winner: Will Ospreay, still the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
After the match, the lights go out and the Bone Soldier video plays, Tama Tonga then makes his way to the ring as Will Ospreay watches on. Tama grabs a microphone and Bone Soldier appears behind Ospreay, Soldier attacks Ospreay and he nails him with a suplex into a double knee strike. Tama removes the mask of Soldier and it is revealed to be Taiji Ishimori, who is also the newest member of Bullet Club.
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
The match begins with Okada backing Tanahashi into the ropes before taunting him, Tanahashi starts wrenching away on the arm of Okada. Tanahashi transitions to the headlock against Okada, Okada eventually gets free to apply a headlock of his own to Tanahashi. Okada would then drops Tanahashi with a shoulder tackle, Tanahashi and Okada go through a series of reversals that ends with nobody getting a clear edge. Okada gains control by nailing Tanahashi with a few strikes to the neck, Tanahashi recovers and he nails Okada with a chop block. Tanahashi follows that up by nailing Okada with a drop kick to the knee, Okada gets Tanahashi to the top rope before landing a drop kick. Okada traps Tanahashi on the top rope before landing a rope assisted DDT, Okada drags Tanahashi out of the ring before throwing him into the barricade.
Okada knocks Tanahashi over the barricade before landing a barricade assisted DDT on the arena floor, Okada waits for Tanahashi to get back in the ring before injuring the neck further. Tanahashi tries fighting back and Okada quickly drops him, Okada would then trap Tanahashi in the corner before landing some more strikes. Tanahashi fights back and Okada attacks his injured neck with elbow strikes, Okada then stomps away on a downed Tanahashi. Okada slows things down further by holding Tanahashi in the chin lock, Tanahashi gets free and Okada attacks the injured neck again with some strikes. Tanahashi recovers and he drops Okada with a neck breaker, Tanahashi and Okada exchange blows until Tanahashi drops him with a flying forearm strike. Tanahashi then catches a cornered Okada with a drop kick, Tanahashi follows that up by drop kicking Okada in the knee.
Okada quickly recovers and he drops a charging Tanahashi with a back elbow strike, Okada follows that up by nailing Tanahashi with a DDT for a near fall. Okada misses a charge in the corner and still manages to hit Tanahashi with a modified neck breaker, Okada slams Tanahashi before going to the top rope. Okada catches Tanahashi with a top rope elbow drop, Okada does the Rainmaker pose and Tanahashi nails him with a dragon screw leg whip. Okada rolls out of the ring and Tanahashi nails him with a High Fly Flow, Okada recovers and he hits a charging Tanahashi with a tombstone pile driver on the arena floor. Tanahashi and Okada have a striking exchange after they get back in the ring, Tanahashi goes down and a second striking exchange breaks out a few moments later. Okada misses a drop kick and Tanahashi catches him with a spinning neck breaker followed by Sling Blade, Tanahashi goes to the top rope and he misses the High Fly Flow.
Okada recovers and he clobbers Tanahashi with a series of drop kicks, Okada goes for the Rainmaker and Tanahashi counters with a Sling Blade. Okada looks for a tombstone pile driver and Tanahashi blocks it by landing a few strikes, Okada then cracks Tanahashi with a shotgun drop kick. Tanahashi recovers to hit Okada with a tombstone pile driver, Tanahashi catches Okada with a High Fly Flow. Tanahashi goes for a second High Fly Flow and Okada gets his knees up, Okada catches Tanahashi with a German suplex after missing a Rainmaker. Okada gets up to hit Tanahashi with a drop kick before eating a Sling Blade, Tanahashi goes to the top rope and Okada nails him with a drop kick as he leaps off. Tanahashi escapes a Rainmaker to hit Okada with a Rainmaker for a near fall, Tanahashi gets up and he catches Okada with a plethora of slaps. Okada crushes Tanahashi with a Rainmaker from out of nowhere for the three count.
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, still the IWGP Heavyweight Champion
After the match, Kazuchika Okada calls out Kenny Omega and Omega makes his way out to the ring. Okada wants a fourth match between the two since their series is tied (1 win apiece & 1 draw) and he wants to match to be no time limit, Omega wants a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match and Okada agrees, but adds it will also be no time limit. The two agree to the match and it will happen at Dominion this June.
